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  1. Re:Wouldn't change anything. FBI is a failure. on Senate Rejects FBI Bid For Warrantless Access To Internet Browsing Histories (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe they should play more D&D then.

    Back in the real world the concepts of good and evil are mostly bullshit.

    It's not about good vs evil but about conflicts of interests.

  2. Remember, the signal didn't travel between the detectors. Depending on the positions of detectors and sources, they could even have detected the signal at the same time.

  3. This one tries to propagate almost as hard as the Windows Update.

    Past proper propagation probably plethoras of problems perceived.

    They that out loud three times.

  4. Re:Misuse of the word troll on Russian Online Trolls Resist The Light · · Score: 1

    I think trolling just means "remotely regulating the blood pressure of as many people as possible".

  5. The problem systemd fixes on Systemd Starts Killing Your Background Processes By Default (blog.fefe.de) · · Score: 3, Funny

    systemd seems to want to fix the problem that Linux is a successful server OS.

  6. That's only needed for apple pie, I think.

  7. Re:seems dumb on Why Don't Scientists Kill The 'Demon In The Freezer'? · · Score: 1

    Where do you think the unknowns come from? Tomorrow's unknowns are today's knowns.

    You got Alzheimers?

  8. Re:Willing to be wrong, maybe... on Torvalds' Secret Sauce For Linux: Willing To Be Wrong (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    One has to differentiate between opinions and facts.

    Having two contradicting opinions does not neccesary mean one is right and the other is wrong.

    Despite the hurt feelings that may occur sometimes, I think it is a good thing that Torvalds has the final say on such decisions.

    This guarantees a somewhat homogenous design philosophy for the kernel.

  9. Re:obvious insight is obvious on One of Silicon Valley's Most Esteemed VCs Says Startups Are 'Mostly Crap' (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    Despite the insulting wording, I think his point is correct.

    You need demand for your supply.

  10. Also, never, EVER, go to a doctor.

    If that doctor has a rich history of malpractice lawsuits, you are even right.

    Though changing your intelligence agency might not be as easy as changing your doctor.

  11. I always thought of an emergent property as something which you can't see examining all the single parts by themselfes without taking the relationships between them into account.

  12. In physics, the whole is not more than it parts, as it cannot be. Expecting it to be _is_ some kind of mysticism.

    I think that'ts wrong

    The whole is often more than the sum of its parts, because the relations between the parts may play an additional role.

  13. Re:Everyone "knows", the new legal standard on Stingray Case Lawyers: "Everyone Knows Cell Phones Generate Location Data" (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    And guess what - thanks to modern technology, you now can have a government creep follow you to every corner and record what you are shouting.

    This is not only about a few private conversations but about the hollowing out of the democratic principle of separation of power.

  14. Re:Uhmmmmmm on German Court: "Sharing" Your Amazon Purchases Is Spamming (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I know the article leaves the impression there was only a single court concerned with this.
    But of course this couldn't fool someone clever like you.
    In fact the Bundestag is in an ongoing three day meeting concerning the Amazon problematic.
    And even at work all meetings for the rest of the week are about Amazon.

    So - no - of course we have no more pressing issues.

  15. Re: Next up: Social media "likes"? on German Court: "Sharing" Your Amazon Purchases Is Spamming (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Only YOU can decide to allow advertising from a certain company.

    Your "friends" cannot make that decision for you. As simple as that.

  16. Re:Seems like freedom of speech to me on German Court: "Sharing" Your Amazon Purchases Is Spamming (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    No - it's about unsolicited advertising

    The point is: your "friends" cannot decide that you want that advertising. Only you can.

  17. This is not socialism on SaxoBank Predicts Universal Basic Income For Europe · · Score: 1

    Basic income is freedom.

    In a society where many of your possibilities are influenced by financial aspects it guarantees a basic freedom of choices for everybody.

    This could be a really great outcome of the increased automation.

    Or in other words: If you hate a basic income you hate our freedom ;)

  18. Re:Benefits cliffs penalize work on SaxoBank Predicts Universal Basic Income For Europe · · Score: 1

    But yes - thats the whole point.

    If due to automation you have fewer and fewer jobs - you want less people interested in the job market.

    The ideal outcome would be, that people could do jobs they really liked.

  19. Re:Already here - it feels unfair to some on SaxoBank Predicts Universal Basic Income For Europe · · Score: 2

    Why all this hate against lazynes?

    Lazynes is a virtue. It helps me find simple solutions.

    My lazynes is so well cultivated, that sometimes when I see overcomplicated solutions I have kind of a lazy-spider-sense tingling, telling me "there has to be a more simple way"

    War may be the mother of all inventions but Lazynes is its father ;)

  20. Re:Inevitable on SaxoBank Predicts Universal Basic Income For Europe · · Score: 1

    Your opinion might change when your job gets automated away.

  21. Re:Amateurish and ill-considered on 2016's First Batch of Anti-Science Education Bills Arrive In Oklahoma (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I think it's really hard to quantify a teachers performance.

    I wouldn't know how to start.

  22. Re:you forgot, didn't you on The Clock Is Ticking For the US To Relinquish Control of ICANN (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    ...that nobody has any clue, and they are changing the system without being able to demonstrate it is going to be functional, much less better.

    If you have a background in economics, this is the way it works ^^

  23. Re:Top 25 from my SSH honeypot-- on The Most Popular Bad Passwords of 2015 (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    ..., mostly from China.

    or maybe from Verizon

    http://tech.slashdot.org/story...

    The relevant snippet from the summary:

    Spamhaus detected over 4 million IP addresses, mainly stolen from China and Korea, and routed on Verizon's servers with forged paperwork.

  24. Re: Go AMD! on Samsung Begins Mass Production of World's Fastest DRAM (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly my way.

    The AMD CPUs are quite a bit cheaper than the Intel ones. And usually are enough for the games I want to play.

    The temperatures this CPUs reach can be a bit frightening. Mine runs usually between 60C and 70C. But so far none left the magic smoke out.

    My usage of nVidia Cards comes more from habit than from strong opinions about either of the companies.